Two prominent educators and printmakers will be visiting guest artists in the NIU School of Art and Design during the...
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Jessica Labatte to become director of the School of Art and Design
Jessica Labatte, associate professor and head of the photography department at the NIU School of Art and Design has...
World record paper snowflake to be exhibited at NIU library, March 20-April 10
On March 29, 2022 students in Jessica Labatte's ARTD 464 Advanced Photography Post Production class set a Guinness...
Art History presents lecture on emotion in late Imperial Chinese painting
Anne Burkus-Chasson, professor of art history and East Asian culture at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign presents her talk, "Sentimental Histories: Chen Hongshu (1598-1652) and the representation of emotion in late Imperial Chinese Painting" as part of the...
Art and Design welcomes visiting artist Janet Ballweg, Nov. 12
The School of Art and Design welcomes visiting artist Janet Ballweg to campus for a public lecture, Tuesday, November 12 at 5 p.m. in Jack Arends Hall, room 110. Ballweg is professor of art at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Her artwork explores the complexity...
Students invited to participate in annual contest to design the official NIU holiday card
NIU President Lisa C. Freeman invites all students to participate in the 2019 #HuskiePride Holiday Card Contest. Take advantage of the opportunity to be one of three artists who have their work featured on the official NIU president’s electronic holiday card....
Art history lecture on Kiva Murals at Pottery Mound, Nov. 13
Cassandra Smith, candidate in the Department of Art History at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will present, "Kiva Murals at Pottery Mound: World as Metaphor, Art History as Storytelling" as part of the Elizabeth Allen Visiting Lectures in Art History Series at...
MFA first year graduate exhibition runs through November 7
"Prologue" an exhibition of first-year Master in Fine Arts students from the NIU School of Art and Design runs through Thursday, November 7 in Gallery 215 located at 215 North Fourth Street in DeKalb. There is an opening reception, Thursday, October 31 form 5 p.m. to...
Art and Design Education hosts lecturer Ami Kantawala on Reframing the Past: The Writing of History
The School of Art and Design's Art and Design Education program presents a lecture on historical inquiry in art education by author and scholar Ami Kantawala, Monday, November 4 at 5 p.m. in Jack Arends Hall room 110. The lecture is open to the public and free of...
Huskie Pledge: For eligible freshmen, new aid program would help fully cover 2020-21 tuition, fees
Illinois high school students who graduate this coming spring with a 3.0 cumulative GPA or above might now be able to reap the benefits of a generous financial aid program at Northern Illinois University. The new Huskie Pledge aims to make NIU more affordable for...
Students, staff invited to attend a private tour of the historic Starline Factory Building in Harvard
On Friday, October 25, starting at 4:30 PM, NIU students and staff are invited to join NIU Alum Philip Sassano (BFA 1992) for a private tour of the historic Starline Factory Building in Harvard, Ill. that has been transformed into one of the Midwest’s premier art and...
“The Destruction of Memory” film first up in the Elizabeth Allen Visiting Scholars in Art History Series
The Destruction of Memory, an 85-minute documentary on the increase in the destruction of culture and artifacts, kicks off the 2019-2020 Elizabeth Allen Visiting Scholars in Art History Series. The film will be shown, free of charge and open to the public, Tuesday,...